Kitchen & Bath: Elbow Room

Elbow Room
by Patrick J. Galvin
Placing three fixtures in the average minimum is 18 inches on the right of
5x7- or 6x8-foot bathroom is simple the toilet centerline for a rightenough
for most builders, who have handed person, and 12 inches on the
long experience with the small spaces. left. But it is desirable to have at least
But getting the fixtures into the room 15 inches on the left. The roll of
gives no assurance that household toilet paper (often inconveniently
members will have space for elbows attached to the wall in back) should
and knees and movement around the be near the front of the toilet,